Writing in Swahili (1)

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NOTES

First, vizuri sana! This is very good. Here are the explanations for my corrections:

(1) "chumba" is in the ki/vi noun class (chumba/vyumba), so it takes the -ki prefix on adjectives. So, "chumba kimoja" or "vyumba viwili"

(2) "mbili" is the number for counting normally (cardinal numbers), but when you want to use ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.), the word is "pili" instead. This is similar with the number one "one"--instead of "moja," you would say "ya kwanza." For other numbers, cardinal and ordinal is the same.

(3) When using a 2nd verb after a conjugated verb, you need the infinitive form. So "ninaweza KUangalia" 

Hope this helps! Kazi njema!

Hujambo Eduardo? Habari yako? Naona kiswahili chako ni kizuri! Najua uliandika zoezi hili muda mrefu uliopita. Bila shaka, umeshazidi kujua kiswahili sasa, lakini ikiwa bado hujapewa masahihisho, nataka kukusaidia. Mimi ni mwanafuzi pia, lakini nimesoma kiswahili muda mrefu. Natumaini masahihisho haya yatakusaidia! Kazi njema!

How are you Eduardo? How are things? I see/feel your Swahili is good! I know you wrote this exercise a long time ago. Without a doubt, you have already learned more Swahili, but if you still have not received corrections, I want to help you. I am also a student, but I have studied Swahili for a long time. I hope these corrections will help you! Kazi njema! (well wishes for your work!)

Mambo, Sergio? Sounds like a fantastic trip, and your Swahili is really good! I'm impressed that you're using the relative infix in your writing (waliOzungumza)--that was really hard for me to understand. Safi sana. I am not a native Swahili speaker, but I am at an advanced level and have been studying for years. I'll correct where I see issues because it will hopefully be helpful for both of us. I hope that any native speakers that come along will call me out if any of my corrections are misleading!  Let me know if you have questions.

[1] "Kisiwa" is referring to a place, so it's in the locative class (I can't remember the class number). Places usually take the pa- prefix for adjectives, e.g., "Mahali hapa ni pazuri!"

[2] You're speaking in the past-tense (waLIozungumza), so you should be consistent. To say "there were no," in the past tense, you should say "hakukuwa na ____" because the first "ku" is to mark the negative past tense, and the second "ku" goes with the single syllable verb "wa." 

[3] You should say "there weren't any people," so it's plural "watu." To say "watu wowote" is to say "any people."

[4] I made this match the plural "watu" and added the plural relative infix "o" so that its "people which speak."

Kazi njema na safari njema!

Mambo? Habari yako?

Are you posting your work publicly to the italki notebook? I'm not a native speaker but I am at the advanced level and have spent quite a bit of time studying formally. It might be beneficial for me to help you if you're at the basic or intermediate level. Either way, if you post to the notebook I can try to correct if I see errors. Kazi njema!